Audio Recordings of Census Activities, 1940 - 1990

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Audio Recordings of Census Activities, 1940 - 1990

1940-1990

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/561339

This series of audio recordings relates to the taking of the census; training of enumerators for the census; and related issues like the agricultural census, census of housing and population and vital statistics. In addition, there are Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and interviews of sports figures and celebrities including: Martina Navratilova, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roger Staubach, Elvin Hayes, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Frank Corral, Efrem Herrera, Luis Tiant, Franco Harris, Lou Brock, George Takei, and Vincent Barabba. Also included are PSAs by Rosalynn Carter, a PSA for Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander ethnicity, and audio recordings of the 1980 Census Users Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. The most recent recording (1990) relates to the impact of alternative family structures among Black Americans on census inclusions.

4 audio cassettes, 28 audio disks and 13 audio tape/reels

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11653389

National Archives at College Park

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